Banggai Cardinal Breeding

Hey everyone..

Well I have sucessfully bred & reared the Banggai Cardinal..
I will post my chronicle about it shortly...Stay tuned!!

Nice job! I thought only Clowns could be bred in captivity!!!

Hey..thanks for joining!!..
Banggais tend to pair up easily..but hard to get them to ..umm..well *get busy*..*giggles*

Yay!! *jumping up and down*

My male banggai has a MASSIVE mouthful..I just got home from work..and there it is!!..It is the biggest one yet...I am so excited..hopefully he doesnt swallow this one..I would really like to rear a second hatch..I will post pics tonight...wooooooooooooohoooooooooo

Holding Day 1 - Dec 3/2008
I will start a chronicle from here on out..

Day 8, Male holding

Well he is looking alittle more relaxed now..He has positioned the egg sac further down his throat so he can almost close his mouth now...
He still rolls them around alot...for better oxygen...
Last night he rolled them, and they came right out to the tip of his bottom lip..I thought for sure that was it, he was gonna drop them...but nope he didnt, hes just a good dad..
I am going to put the sponge from the filter in my DT tank today to make sure it is good and seeded for the babies when they go in the 5 gallon growout tank....

Grrr...well sad news to report...He swallowed the eggs today...Wahhhhhh

awww thats a bummer. Are your banggai young?? I find the younger fish have a harder time, just less experienced. Hopefully they'll get freaky again for ya.

He has eggs every 3 weeks or so, but since the first set of babies I have, he has swalowed all clutches since....I cant figure it out..

Do you think he might've been hungry? Maybe over feed him a little bit and see what happens. My rusties swallow their brood sometimes, usually when big pappa breeds to early after the last brood

Shannon, you need to get him a neck tie. LOL, sorry about the eggs, you have done it before, you will again I have faith in you!! well and them

lol..Thanks my friend...next round I am gonna try not to pay much attention, that way I dont get so dissapointed..lol

Well here we go again....He is loaded again...Day 2 today..Keep yer fingers crossed..lol

My poor little bugger looks like his cheeks are going to pop at any second. Expected him to spit 3 days ago but he's still holding tight. At this point I can actually see fry in his mouth

Jumping up and down..This little brat did it again..they are gone!!..WHAT THE &*&%*!!! I give up..not sure why he keeps doing this..

Grr...well another batch gone...I really dont know why he wont hold them anymore..I wish I did..